{"id":121559,"date":"2023-11-26T07:22:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T07:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121559"},"modified":"2023-11-26T07:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T07:22:44","slug":"inside-abandoned-cold-war-nuclear-bunker-hidden-deep-in-european-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/inside-abandoned-cold-war-nuclear-bunker-hidden-deep-in-european-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside abandoned Cold War nuclear bunker hidden deep in European forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fears of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War led the Danish leadership to create a secret bunker meant to be the “last bastion” of democracy should humanity have descended into chaos.<\/p>\n

Nestled beneath trees in the heart of the Rold Forest in the northern part of the country, the bunker dubbed Regan West was built at NATO’s insistence unbeknownst to most between 1963 and 1968.<\/p>\n

Its entrance, an unassuming concrete building that has been covered by moss through the decades and an ordinary grey door, helped keep the curious away and maintain the bunker a secret.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time of Soviet nuclear tests and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the bunker was equipped to keep Danish authorities – including members of the government, civil servants and the royal family – safe for 30 days.<\/p>\n

Located some 400 kilometres northwest of Copenhagen, the bunker was so innovative it could withstand not just a nuclear attack but also the use of the more powerful H-bomb.<\/p>\n

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Fears Denmark may have needed a similar bunker during the Cold War were fuelled by the NATO country’s proximity to the Iron Curtain, which made it more vulnerable than other nations to a Soviet attack.<\/p>\n

As the Cold War never turned into an armed conflict, no Danish official ever needed to seek refuge in Regan West.<\/p>\n

The 5,500-square-metre bunker was eventually taken out of service in 2003, 12 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, and its existence was revealed to the world in 2012.<\/p>\n

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